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Percy's POV:

I stood in the screen room, unsure of what to do. I know, I should probably tell Chiron about the conversation with Darcy's dad. But if Darcy didn't want to tell me, her own brother, why would she want Chiron to know? I also think that maybe she didn't want to be looked at as like, a sort of, kicked puppy kinda thing.

As I was walking back to the infirmary, I ran into Annabeth. "Hey, watch where you're going Seaweed Brain." she said, looking up from her architecture book. "You watch it Wise Girl." I said and kissed her. She pulled back and looked into my eyes. "Are you okay?" she asked. "You look worried." I nodded. She could always tell when something was up.

We walked back to my cabin, I was afraid of someone overhearing. We sat down on my bunk. "So, what is it?" she asked. "It's Darcy's dad." She looked at me, confused. I told her about what had happened with the call. "I don't think you should tell Chiron." she said. I was surprised, usually Annabeth was such a rule follower. "Really?" she nodded. "If Darcy isn't ready for anyone to know, then no one should know. But I do feel bad." I nodded. "Me too."

"It's just hard for me to hide that I know about it, because when I was living with Gabe, I needed someone to be there for me. I wished that I would have someone to talk to, Then I had Grover, and Gabe wasn't gone, but I felt better. I didn't feel so alone. I wanna be that person for Darcy. And have you noticed her fear of the water? I'm wondering what that's about. I mean, she's a daughter of Poseidon. Where's that coming from?" I was hoping it wasn't some other personal thing she didn't want me to know about.

"The sea can be scary Percy. It's huge, and there are so many things in it. There are nice things, like pretty fish and colorful coral, but there are also things like sharks and stingrays and eels." she said. I nodded, but I still felt like there was something more. I would ask her when she was okay again.

I heard a pounding on my door. I opened it. It was Blackjack, my favorite pegasus. "Hey Blackjack, now's not a good time-" I was cut off by him. Boss, it's your sister. The little one. Her thoughts are REALLY loud. I can her them from my stables! You need to talk to this girl. She's got problems. I was stunned. "What did she think?" A lot of them are about her dad, but there's also a lot about you, and some girl Avery. She's got secrets. I needed to know what her thoughts said, but that felt wrong to me. I'd rather her tell me. "Thanks for letting me know Blackjack, but I'll find out later." Whatever you say, boss. And he galloped away.

I let out a groan of frustration. "Darcy?" Annabeth asked. "Of course. Blackjack can read her thoughts and he said she's got lot's of secrets. I told him I'd rather her tell me. Gah! This is so complicated." Annabeth laughed. "Percy, calm down. Seriously. She'll tell you when she's ready. For now, let's just go to the beach. The ocean always calms you down. She took my hand and we walked to the beach.

Clarisse's POV:1 day later

I destroyed dummy after dummy, slashing them all. I tried to stay focused, but my thoughts kept straying back to that Prissy junior. My brain was split in two. Talk to her, Talk to her. She's Poseidon's girl, leave her alone. As shredded the final dummy, my vision became red. My father appeared as a hologram in front of me.

"Clarisse, you stupid girl. Focus! The thoughts of that little brat is straying you from what's important. Pulverizing her! She is a child of Poseidon! He is my ENEMY! You will spend NO time with that girl. And if you do," He cracked his knuckles. I flinched. I took a step backwards. Then I took a deep breath and faced my father.

"Father, I-I think I can h-help her. She is scared, and nobody should feel that way, especially of her father." I looked at him. He was seething. "LOOK AT YOU! Your voice is shaking! And you're telling me that 'nobody should feel scared of her father?' DO YOU NOT FEAR ME? ANSWER ME! YOU PUNY GIRL!" he roared. "Yes! I'm scared of you! There are you happy? Are you content with the fact that I fear you? That the only power you have over me is fear? Not love?" I yelled. I was tired of him treating me this way. "LOVE IS FOR WEAKLINGS!" He screamed. "Love is the most powerful thing there is! Once you have it, then you will be the most powerful God! Until then, you will be forever alone." I felt stronger.

"GRRRRRRAAAAAH!" with a mighty roar, Ares turned into smoke and vanished. I stood breathing heavily. I would help Darcy, whether my father wanted me to or not.

Darcy's POV:

My father walked closer to me. "I-I'm so s-s-sorry Father. I-I didn't mean for the water to spill on the couch. I-it just happened. I-I w-wasn't even c-close to it." I burst into tears. My father raised his hand and I flinched. My back was on the wall. There was no where to go. His fist came slamming down into my stomach. I screamed. He slapped me. "Keep your mouth shut, brat." I whimpered. "Clean up that water, then go to your room. Don't come out of that room until I say so." I got up, aching, my face burning and dried the water. Then, I went to my room.

I stayed in there for what seemed like a couple of hours then fell asleep. I was awaken by the sound of my father yelling for me to make his dinner. I stepped out and began to cook. He put his hand on my shoulder. I woke up.

I was breathing heavily. A girl with bleach blonde hair with a streak of turquoise in it was feeding me pudding that tasted oddly like mint ice cream. I panicked, where was I? Then I remembered, I was at Camp Half Blood.I looked at the girl. "WHo are you?" I asked. "I'm Amanda Airlart, daughter of Apollo. How are you feeling, Darcy?" I lay back down. "Okay, I guess. My head doesn't hurt anymore and my arm, not as bad." She smiled. "Good. Do you want to try standing up?" I nodded. She took my hands and helped me out of bed. I felt fine. "How are you?" I let go of her hands. "Perfect. I feel normal." She smiled. "Great! Your brother Percy was very worried about you. His girlfriend Annabeth too. So was, surprisingly, Clarisse LaRue." I was shocked. She was the one who had done this to me in the first place!

Amanda handed me a Camp Half-Blood t-shirt and a pair of black leggings. I got dressed and slipped on my sneakers. I checked my hand, to make sure my ring with Sapphire was there. It was. "I want to walk you back to your cabin." Amanda said. She seemed nice. I wondered how old she was. She looked about 13. "Amanda how old are you?" I asked her was we left the infirmary. I'm 12, but I'll be 13 tomorrow. I'm practically 13." I nodded. "You?" she asked. "I'm 11, I'll be 12 in a month." She nodded and we walked in silence. I noticed that a ray of the sun always followed her around. It was kinda cool. I wish I had powers like Percy did.

As I walked back to my cabin, boy ran into me and nocked me to the ground. "Sorry." He said and helped me up. Amanda glared at him. "You are so stupid! I just nursed back to health!" . "Are you ok?" I nodded. "Sorry." he said again. "It's cool." I told him. "Hey, your Darcy Ellens right? Percy's sister." he said. "Yep, that's me." He nodded. "Cool. I'm Logan, Logan Golisang. Son of Hepastus." I shook his hand, but as soon as I touched his skin, a small red mark appeared on my hand. A small burn. I yanked my hand away. "What'd I do? Oh... sorry." Logan blushed. "It's ok. It's just a little burn. How'd you do that?" I asked. "I'm a fire-bearer. Only certain son's of Hepastus get that power. The last one was... Leo Valdez." A ray of sunshine blinded Logan. "Ah! Amamnda! That hurt." Amanda huffed. "I thought we said no more talk of Leo." she said angrily. I wondered what Leo had ever done to her. Percy spoke so highly of him. "Yeah right that." Logan looked at me with a look that said, I'll tell you later. I nodded at him, hoping he understood. He nodded back.

"Well, nice meeting you Logan. See you later." He waved his hand and headed to the forges. Amanda started walking to the Poseidon cabin. I sped up to keep up. As I walked past the stabled, I heard a voice. Welcome back Darcy! Percy missed you. I looked around. There was no one. Where had that voice come from? Right here! It said. I turned around. Just a Pegasus. "Come on Darcy!" Amanda called. Bye Darcy. See ya later! Tell boss I said hi and to bring me sugar cubes. Sugar cubes? Yeah I know they're bad for me, but just bringa few. "Darcy! Let's go!" I shook my head. I'd have to ask Percy about that later.

I hadn't even entered the door when Percy ran over a nd gave me a hug. I laughed and hugged him back. "Gods Percy, its only been two days!" He looked at Annabeth knowingly. "Yeah I know it's just... I love you." I smiled. "Love you too." Amanda giggled. "Amanda! Thanks so much." She shrugged like it was no big deal. "I gotta go, archery." she said and ran off.

"Me too. I wanna read." Annabeth said and ran off. Percy looked at me with a sad smile. "Are you sad?" I asked. "No, no. I'm fine. Wanna hit the beach?" he asked. I bit my lip. I thought about Avery. I looked at Percy's hopeful eyes. He needed me to be strong. "Uh... sure." I said. I threw on a bathing suit and followed Percy. I paused when we got to the water. "C'mon in!" he said. I decided to follow some advice a teacher had given me once, If you're gonna do it, do it fast. I jumped into the water and swam. I shot through the ocean like a bullet. When I cam up for air, I saw that Long Island was a dot. Oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods. I sunk down into the water, deeper and deeper. When I hit the bottom, I saw a small dolphin come twords me. Are you okay, Mistress? It asked. Did you just talk to me? It nodded. I will make you happy! It swam away. I looked around. I was alone.

All at once, all the emotions that had been held inside me for years let loose with one, awful scream. The water all around me exploded, rising up out the ocean, thousands of gallons all at once. When it splased back down, I started sobbing. Letting loose my life's worth of bottled up feelings. The water bubbled and gurgled. I sat there crying and crying, until I heard my name. I turned around. Percy was standing on the sea floor. "Darcy, are you-" I jumped into his arms. I was crying into his clothes. "I'm sorry." I kept saying. "It's ok" He always replied. When I pulled away, I saw that he had tears in his eyes too. Somehow, I knew that he knew about my father. "You know." I said. He nodded. I hugged him again. It was my fault that he was upset. I had been causing all his worrying. We both swam back to the surface.

I looked at the ocean. I closed my eyes and imagined both of us sitting on a wave. I felt a tugging in my gut. When I opened my eyes, we were on a wave. "I did it!" I said. Percy smiled at me. It wasn't a sad smile anymore. "I didn't mesn to make you worry.I'm sorry." He shook his head quickly. "You didn't do a thing Darcy. I just felt bad for you, because my dad was the same way." I looked into his eyes. I decided to trust him. "Thank you." I said. I told him my life story.

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